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Energy Storage 301: Solar + Storage Economics

In this post we examine the economics of solar + storage. We examine the value of solar and storage for two commercial buildings in each of three markets: California, New York, and Hawaii. We find solar and storage are strongly synergistic in all three markets.

The NPVs of solar + storage investments are greater than the sum of the NPVs of solar investments and storage investments alone because, among other reasons:

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Woodlawn on NPR's Marketplace

During his campaign, Donald Trump promised $1 trillion in new infrastructure investment and proposed to finance it through public-private partnerships and a new federal tax credit. Since taking office, President Trump has continued to support an infrastructure investment package.

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Tax Equity 201: Partnership Flips in Detail

Our primer on tax equity investments explains that renewable energy project developers often use structures such as the partnership flip, sale-leaseback, and inverted lease to monetize the federal tax benefits for such assets.

Here, we dive deeper into the actual mechanics of and accounting for partnership flips.